-ειν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Seen in thematic verbs it may be from Proto-Hellenic *-ehen, from Proto-Indo-European *-esen, locative case of action noun. Similar to Latin -ere. See also -εναι (-enai), -έμεν (-émen), -μεναι (-menai).

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-ειν • (-ein)

  1. infinitive forming suffix

References

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